Gate.



No. 777,405. PATENTED DEC. 13, 1904. P. DAVIS.

GATE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 1, 1904.

N0 MODEL.

witnaowa tiniTnn STATES Patented December 13, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 777,405, dated December13, 1904.

Application filed November 1, 1904. Serial No. 230,989. (No model.)

To (LZZ 1071,0171, it may concern:

Be it known that l, FRANK DAVIS, a citizen of the United States,residing at North Adams, in the county of Berkshire and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inGates; and l. do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference markedthereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in swinging gates;and the object of the invention is to produce an apparatus of thisnature in which the gate is mounted at its rear post upon a pintle andadapted to swing from a horizontal to an upright position and in theprovision of gate-opening means, whereby the gate may be opened orclosed by means of a sliding bar so arranged that a pin carried therebywill engage notches in one of the braces of the gate to open or closethe same.

The invention consists, further, in various details of construction andcombinations and arrangements of parts, as will be hereinafter fullydescribed and then specifically defined in the appended claims.

1 illustrate my invention in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure1 is a perspective view of my improved gate shown closed in solid linesand open in dotted lines. Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail view illustratingthe manner of bracing the gate, and Fig. 3 is a detail view showing themanner of opening and closing the gate.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter, A Adesignate two upright posts, which are connected together at their upperends by means of a cross-piece B, the outer portions B of which are bentat an acute angle and their ends fastened at B to the upright posts A.

G designates bearing-blocks, which are secured to said uprights by meansof straps C, and D designates a hollow shaft or pintle mounted in saidbearing-blocks C and upon which the gate is hung. The gate comprises therear post E, which may be of 1netal,wood, or any other suitablematerial, and a top longitudinal piece E and a bottom strip E, which areconnected together at the free end of the gate by means of a post E.

F designates a post, which has a concaved guide member F secured to thecircumference thereof and adapted to guide the gate as it is opened andclosed.

(idesignates diagonallydisposed braces connecting the top and bottomlongitudinal strips of the gate. One of the diagonal braces of the gate(designated in the drawings by letter Ur) is utilized for engagementwith the gate-opening member H. Said brace G has two notches r and g,and said notches are provided for the purpose of engagement,respectively, with the pins K and K, accordingly as the gate is to beopened or closed, said pins being carried in the slotted end of themember H, as shown clearly in Fig. 3 of the drawings. Said member H isslotted to receive the brace G, on which it slides, and the outer freeend of the member H is weighted sujliiciently to cause the same to tiltslightly when in the position illustrated by solid lines in Fig. 1, whenit is adapted to engage the notch g for opening the gate and in thenotch g, as shown in dotted lines, when the gate is open and in positionto close the gate when the rods I are raised while the gate is open.

In order to limit the throw of the weighted member H in one direction, Ihave provided a pin S, while a pin S is provided to limit the throw ofsaid member in the opposite direction. Said gate-opening member H isretained in place upon the brace G by means of pin H, and to theprojecting ends of said pin /L, extending through the bifurcated arms ofsaid member, are connected the rods I, one on either side of the gate,the upper ends of said rods being connected to the pivotal arms Q,mounted upon the portions B. Suitable ropes or rods Q are fastened tothe outer ends of the arms Q, whereby the latter may be convenientlyoperated.

In order to break the force of the gate and cause the same to close oropen without jar, I provide a flexible rod it, the end of which isfastened within the hollow shaft or spindle D, and its outer end is heldby means of an eye It upon one of the uprights A and so arranged that itwill be slightly under tension as the gate is swung open or closed.

In order to securely brace the gate, I provide brace-rods M, a detailview of said rods being clearly shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings, inwhich each brace at its angle is provided with an eye N, which fits overthe shaft or spindle D, and is held spaced apart from the post E bymeans of a sleeve D The ends of said bracerods M are threaded, as at N.Plates 0 are mounted upon the rear gate-post E and upon the bottomlongitudinal strip E and the threaded ends of said rods passing throughapertures in said plates are held taut by means of the nuts 0' upon thethreaded ends of the rods. By this means it will be observed that thegate will be securely braced against strain which will necessarily comeupon the same in opening and closing the gate.

In operation when the gate is closed and it is desired to open it eitherone or the other of the rods Q is pulled down, which through the mediumof a pivotal arm Q and rod I will cause the pin K, which engages thenotch g, to raise the gate to an upright position. As the gate assumesthe position shownin dotted lines in Fig. 1 of the drawings the flexiblebar R will be under tension in order to ease the momentum of the gate asthe rear post comes in contact with the ground, and the member H willtilt to the position shown in dotted lines and will slide down theinclined edge of the brace G, and the pin K, carried by said member,will engage the notch g, and said member H will be in readiness to closethe gate whenever one or the other of the rods Q is pulled down. Thegate being held under a slight tension when in the position shown indotted lines, it will take but a small power to throw the same to theposition shown in solid lines, the spring-bar R yielding as the gateturns to a horizontal position and being slightly under tension as thegate swings closed.

\Nhile I have shown a particular form of apparatus illustrating my gate,it will be understood that I may vary the details of the same, ifdesired, in various ways without in any way departing from the spirit ofthe invention.

Having thus fully described my invention,

' what 1 claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A swinging gate comprising upright posts, a rock-shaft journaled insuitable bearings thereon, a gate secured to said shaft and providedwith diagonal braces, one of said braces having notches in the edgethereof, a weighted member sliding on said notched brace, pins carriedby said member and adapted to engage said notches, means for limitingthe throw of said member, rods secured to said member, and means forraising said rods, as set forth.

2 A swinging gate comprising upright posts, a rock-shaft mounted insuitable bearings upon said posts, a gate secured to said shaft andprovided with diagonal braces, one of said braces having notches uponits edge, a weighted member sliding on said notched brace, pins carriedby said member and adapted to engage said notches, stops upon the sideof said notched brace, rods secured to said weighted member, tiltingarms connected to said rods, and means for tiltingsaid arms, as setforth.

3. A swinging gate comprising upright posts, a rock-shaft mounted insuitable bearings upon said posts, a gate secured to said shaft andprovided with diagonal braces, one of said braces having notches uponits edge, a weighted member sliding on said notched brace, pins carriedbysaid member and adapted to engage said notches, stops upon the side ofsaid notched brace, rods secured to said weighted member,means forraising said rods, and tension mechanism for breaking the mo mentum ofthe gate as it approaches its limits in opposite directions, as setforth.

4. A swinging gate comprising upright posts, a rock-shaft mounted insuitable bearings upon said posts, agate secured to said shaft andprovided with diagonal braces, one of said braces having notches uponits edge, a weighted member sliding on said notched brace,pins carriedby said member and adapted to engage said notches, stops upon the sideof said notched brace, rods secured to said weighted member, means forraising said rods, aflexible angle-bar secured to said rock-shaft andhaving one end fastened to one of said upright posts, as set forth.

5. A swinging gate comprising upright posts, a cross-piece connectingthe same, tilting arms mounted upon said uprights, arockshaft mounted insuitable bearings upon the upright posts, a gate having longitudinal topand bottom pieces with diagonal braces intermediate the same, one ofsaid braces having notches in its edge, a slotted member sliding uponsaid notched brace, pins carried by said member and adapted to engagesaid notches, rods connected to said member and means for raising saidrods, angled brace members having eyes engaging said shaft, platesfitted upon the rear post and bottom strip of the gate and through whichpost the slotted ends of said brace-rods pass, and nuts engaging saidslotted ends, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

FRANK DAVIS.

WVitnesses:

A. F. GAswELL, S. W. DILLARD.

